Yamaha 205M User Manual

The Style File Format (SFF) combines all of 
Yamaha’s auto accompaniment know-how into 
a single unified format. By using the edit 
functions, you can take full advantage of the 
SFF format and freely create your own styles.
The chart at right indicates the process by 
which the accompaniment is played back. 
(This does not apply to the rhythm tracks.)The 
basic or “source” pattern in the chart is the 
original style data. This source pattern is 
recorded using accompaniment style 
recording (see below).
As shown in the chart at right, the actual 
output of the accompaniment is determined by 
various parameter settings and chord changes 
(played in Auto Accompaniment section of the 
keyboard) entered to this source pattern.

1 Source Root (root note of basic chord)

2 Source Chord (type of basic chord)

3 NTR (Note Transposition Rule)

4 NTT (Note Transposition Table)

5 High Key (threshold of the pitch 

conversion)

6 Note Limit (soundable range)

7 RTR (Retrigger Rule; how the pitches of 

the chord change)

These are the patterns 
recorded to the 
accompaniment styles 
(page 117).

This data is created by 
chords played in the 
Auto Accompaniment 
section of the 
keyboard (page 63).

These settings are 
edited from the 
PARAMETER display. 
These parameters 
determine how the 
pitch of the source 
pattern is converted 
when you play chords 
in the Auto 
Accompaniment 
section of the 
keyboard (page 117).

Chord changes (in Auto Accompa-
niment section of the keyboard)

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Select the desired accompaniment style 
for editing. To record a new 
accompaniment style from scratch, call 
up the BASIC page in the Style Creator 
display and select “New Style” by 
pressing the [C] button.

 

  Record and edit the 

accompaniment style. For 
details on the operations for 
each display, refer to the 
explanations starting on the next 
page.

Use the [BACK]/[NEXT] 
buttons to select the 
various pages.

 

Press the [EXIT] button to 
close the STYLE CREATOR 
display.